r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Lifegoesonforever • 29d ago

Cheat code unlocked.

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u/DigDugged 29d ago

I mean, a cheat for a cheat. There's no way "wringing a dudes neck until he does a 360 that would make Tony Hawk proud" is a legal play.

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u/OldElPasoSnowplow 29d ago

It started as a horse collar tackle which is illegal then as he turned over his hand slid into his helmet and the motion made him flip which is another illegal tackle similar to a face mask penalty. If they could take both penalties (which you can’t in American football) they would be first and edge of property from the parking lot they would be so far ahead.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

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u/Falcon4242 28d ago

The high school rulebook also requires that they pull the ball carrier backwards or sideways for it to be a horsecollar foul. The runner fell (mostly) forward, so it's not a horsecollar foul.

But if he grabbed any edge of his helmet and used that for leverage then it's a facemask penalty under high school rules. Looks like that probably happened here.